Nikon Coolpix S620

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Manual Controls

Manual controls definitely aren't the Nikon S620's thing. There is no direct manual control over aperture, focus, or shutter speed, but there is an exposure adjustment button (press right on the 4-way control) that allows for adjustment in increments ranging from -2 to +2. The label for the exposure adjustment is hidden on the right edge of the camera, which is poor design on Nikon's part.
 

Focus

According to Nikon the camera has a focus range of approximately 20 inches (50cm) to infinity in auto mode. In macro close-up mode the range goes from 0.75 inch (2cm) to infinity. The auto focus area can be set to face, auto, or center.
 

ISO

ISO sensitivity can be adjusted manually on the S620 with a range of 100 to 6400. When in Auto mode the maximum ISO is limited at 1600. There's also a fixed range auto setting that can limit ISO ranges between 100 - 400 and 100 - 800.
 

White Balance

The white balance presets on the S620 are Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy, and Flash. There's also a manual white balance setting.
 

Metering

The two metering modes on the S620 are matrix and center weighted.
 

Shutter Speed

There is no manual shutter speed control on the S620 and Nikon has yet to release the specs about minimum or maximum shutter speeds available on the camera.
 

Aperture

Again, there's no manual aperture on the camera, but the lens has an aperture range of f/2.7 - f/5.8.
 

Image Stabilization

The S620 features Nikon's 4-way vibration reduction system. This system includes optical image stabilization, motion detection, high sensitivity ISO options, and the Best Shot Selection feature. These options combined should provide for good image stabilization, provided they all work up to their potential.
 

Picture Quality & Size Options

The Nikon S620 takes pictures up to 12 megapixels in size. It also has the following image size options:
 

4000 x 3000 (12M)
3264 x 2448 (8M)
2592 x 1944 (5M)
2048 x 1536 (3M)
1024 x 768 (PC)
640x480 (TV)

And there's one 16:9 (widescreen) image size: 1920 x 1080
 

The camera doesn't have the aspect ratio options you see on a camera like the Nikon P90, but this is still a decent number of size settings.
 

Picture Effects

The camera has six image controls for manipulating color: Standard, Vivid, Black and White, Sepia, Cyanotype, and Pastel. None of these settings is all that amazing, but they should provide some entertainment if you're sick of shooting regular photos.